portmanteau

Portmanteaus (or portmanteaux) are commonly used in the Homestar Runner universe. A portmanteau is a combination of two or more words to make a new word or phrase, often going against the accepted traditions of how words are compounded. The term originally referred to a man's travel bag which contained two main pockets. Portmanteaus were first given that name by Lewis Carroll to describe "slithy" in the poem Jabberwocky, a combination of "lithe" and "slimy".

Strong Bad and Senor Cardgage, especially, frequently create portmanteaus. The Brothers Chaps also often use portmanteaus when providing captions for Sketchbook and Weekly Fanstuff entries.

When made by Strong Bad, they are often preceded by the two words which they comprise. (e.g. "your smelly underling, or smunderling", or "the craw object, or crawbject")

This article only lists portmanteaus unique to the Homestar Runner universe.

Portmanteaus in-universe

Portmanteau	Words Combined	Appears In
A
Aboth	Alike and both	The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods
Actionsodes	Action and episodes	SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer
A lottle	A lot and a little	magic trick
Againymore	Again and anymore	Email
AngelCities	Angelfire and GeoCities	fan club
Analogawesome	Analog and awesome	Poker Night at the Inventory
Appeteasers	Appetizers and teasers	Biz Cas Fri 1
Aslumber	Asleep and slumber	Mr. Poofers Must Die
B
Babe-liens	Babes and aliens	best thing, Baddest of the Bands
Backspacebar	Backspace and spacebar	Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2
Barbzerdry	Barber and wizardry	haircut
Begends	Begins and ends	Stinkoman 20X6
Begunderway	Begun and underway	Thorax Corporation
Betaflop-D	Betamax, floppy disk, and D-VHS	too cool
Bis-borscht	Bismol and borscht	Disk 4 of 12 - World Games
Blistergeist	Blister and poltergeist	slumber party
Blue Las-alert	Blue Laser and alert	Shopping for Danger
Blue Laserdisc	Blue Laser and Laserdisc	Blue Laserdisc Challenge
Bodadical	Bodacious and radical	Teen Girl Squad Issue 10, 8-Bit is Enough
Bookazon.com	Book and Amazon.com	studying, diorama, Mr. Poofers Must Die
Bouillon-aire	Bouillon and billionaire	space program
Brainkrieg	Brain and blitzkrieg	death metal, Homestar Ruiner, Hooked on Decemberween, Decomposing Pumpkins
Breadallelogram	Bread and parallelogram	Teen Girl Squad Issue 8
Breadpazoid	Bread and trapezoid	Teen Girl Squad Issue 8
Breadtangle	Bread and rectangle	Teen Girl Squad Issue 8
Brellow	Brown and yellow	Hremail 62
Brhombus	Bread and rhombus	Teen Girl Squad Issue 8
Broach	Broil and poach	Strong Bad Classics!
Broternal	Brotherhood and fraternal	Ever and More!
Bubbleties	Bubble and subtleties	lady...ing
Bubsamecium	Bubs and paramecium	high school
Bubsgonzola	Bubs and Gorgonzola	unnatural
Bubs-keep	Bubs and barkeep	DNA Evidence
Bubslegum	Bubs and bubblegum	Bubslegum Comics
Bubsmfort	Bubs and Comfort	Fan Costumes 2017
Bubsmfortable	Bubs and comfortable	Fan Costumes 2017
Bubsmoeba	Bubs and Amoeba	Record Store Day
Bubsness	Bubs and business	Broken Compy Menu
Bucksonsoon	Bucks and monsoon	dictionary
Burninate	Burn and terminate	dragon
Butt-patented	Butt-pat and patented	Coach Z's 110%
Buychase	Buy and purchase	Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
C
Caffeinergy	Caffeine and energy	road trip, Strong Badia the Free
Canady canes	Canada and candy canes	Disk 4 of 12 - World Games
Cancun-nada	Cancun and Canada	Hremail 62
Canceltation	Cancelation and consultation	Senor Mortgage
Caramel appletini	Caramel apple and Appletini	Flashforward
Charmisma	Charm and charisma	Poker Night at the Inventory
Carve-nival	Carve and carnival	Pumpkin Carve-nival
Cavalcanche	Cavalcade and avalanche	djmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com automated response
CG-ow	CGI and Preeeeow	sbemail 206
Cheatachu	Cheat and Pikachu	The House That Gave Sucky Treats, Some Type of Online Auction, marzipan
Cheatar	Cheat and guitar	The Cheatar
Cheatday	Cheat and birthday	cheatday
Cheatentina	Cheat and Argentina	crying
Cheatribution	Cheat and retribution	pop-up
Cheatsa	Cheat and pizza	mile, pizza joint, The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods
Cheatventures	Cheat and adventures	bedtime story
Cheatviathan	Cheat and Leviathan	Really Cool Boat
Cheeseburgwich	Cheeseburger and sandwich	Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
Chocolardiac	Chocolate and cardiac	bottom 10
Chocozuma's	Chocolate and Montezuma's	bottom 10
Chumpion	Chump and champion	underlings
Cinemagic	Cinema and magic	Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
Closimonies	Closing and ceremonies	strong badathlon
Coach Zibblies	Coach Z and Jibblies	Fan Costumes 2016
Colden	Cold and golden	Where My Hat Is At? (toon)
Cold-one-ibalism	Cold one and cannibalism	Fan Costumes '08
Colognac	Cologne and cognac	modeling
Combolations	Combination and congratulations	japanese cartoon, flashback
Compé-per	Compé and paper	dictionary
Compocktment	Compartment and pocket	sbemail 206
Concessionstantinople	Concession stand and Constantinople	Strong Badia the Free
Constabulate	Constable and consummate	Trogday 08
Cooldratic	Cool and quadratic	Baddest of the Bands
Coology	Cool and eulogy	your funeral
Coopreme	Cooper and supreme	the movies
Cornucopourri	Cornucopia and potpourri	pop-up
Corpy	Corporation and Compy	from work, imaginary
Cosplaydinaire	Cosplayer and extraordinaire	I Killed Pom Pom
CostaLatte	Cost a lot and Latte	Hremail 7
Coughiversary	Cough and anniversary	Teen Girl Squad Issue 11
Couchscraper	Couch and skyscraper	bike thief
Crackotage	Crack and sabotage	Cheat Commandos
Cram-packed	Crammed and jam-packed	Coach Z's 110%
Crap-valanche	Crap and avalanche	dictionary
Craptain	Crap and captain	high school
Cratoon	Crap and cartoon	Sbemailiarized!
Crawbject	Craw and object	The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw
Crudule	Crud and nodule	from work
Cuss-mando	Cuss and commando	Commandos in the Classroom
D
D'screetret	Discreet and secret	Decemberween Short Shorts
D'weeve	Decemberween and eve	A Death-Defying Decemberween
Dadbysitter	Dad and babysitter	bedtime story
Dadgeresque	Dad and Dangeresque	Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
Dan't	Don't and can't	garage sale
Dazzle-mazing	Dazzling and amazing	Happy Fireworks
Deliberance	Deliberate and deliverance	Teen Girl Squad Issue 13
Decemberween	December and Halloween	The Best Decemberween Ever (first mention), see Decemberween
Decision-venture	Decision and adventure	Halloween Potion-ma-jig
Deckic	Deck and epic	No Hands On Deck!
Delivereceivables	Deliverables and receivables	business trip
Deuce-blemint	Deuce and doublemint	2 emails (Easter egg)
Diamonocle	Diabolical and monocle	Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
Diaperbolical	Diaper and diabolical	Sam & Max Season Two Alternate Ending 101
Dramatastration	Dramatization and demonstration	Malloween Commercial
Dreamail	Dream and email	dreamail
Dudeical	Dude and radical	web comics
Duderonomy	Dude and Deuteronomy	Email
E
Eco-mail	Ecology and email	environment
Eggction	Egg and auction	Some Type of Online Auction
Entrangled	Entranced and entangled	what i want
Epi-snowed	Episode and snowed	The Next Epi-Snowed
Europa-pean	Europa and European	Drive-Thru
Everybloody	Everybody and bloody	what i want
Excardon	Excuse and pardon	kind of cool
Extracurricularrific	Extracurricular and terrific	death metal
F
Facewich	Face and sandwich	Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2
Fairstival	Fair and festival	Halloween Fairstival
Fangoriously	Fang and gloriously	kid's book
Fat-thority	Fat and authority	Strong Badia the Free
Ferty-tirst	Fortieth and first	Fall Float Parade
Fizzleweight	Featherweight and sizzle	yes, wrestling
Flavornoid	Flavor and flavonoid	specially marked
Flavourite	Flavour and favourite	Fan Stuff, Kick the Can commentary
Forty-twone	Forty-two and forty-one	the movies
Formulawesome	Formula and awesome	Strong Badia the Free
Funtivities	Fun and activities	specially marked
G
Ganglo-Saxon	Gangly and Anglo-Saxon	more armies
Garglemesh	Gargle and Gilgamesh	the paper
Gazemazement	Gaze and amazement	magic trick
Gentlemadies	Gentlemen and ladies	Punkin Show
GeoFire	GeoCities and Angelfire	fan club
Geographist	Geographer and scientist	death metal
Good Graphicketeers	Good Graphics and musketeers	8-Bit is Enough
Grampson	Gramps and grandson	FBI warning for strongbad_email.exe Disc Six
Graveyardiganz	The Backyardigans and Gravediggaz	Most in the Graveyard
Gregapixel	Greg and megapixel	Fan Costumes 2017
Gright	Great and bright	Death Defying Entertainment
Griniscule	Grin and miniscule	commentary for i love you on the Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD
Grizzlysharkasaurusbot	Grizzly, shark, -saurus, and robot	Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
Grodalated	Grody and mutilated	bedtime story
Grold	Grown and old	rated
Grood	Great and good	Teen Girl Squad Issue 4
Groodness	Great and goodness	Teen Girl Squad Issue 14
Groupulon 5	Groupie and Babylon 5	best thing
Gummel	Gore and pummel	Thy Dungeonman 3
Gunkistan	Gun and Pakistan	licensed
Gutterances	Guttural and utterances	dictionary
Gymatorium	Gymnasium and auditorium	yes, wrestling, Where U Goin' 2?
H
Headbrow	Head and eyebrow	haircut
Head-chunkularly	Head chunk and spectacularly	Homestar Runner Goes For the Gold
Helloquialism	Hello and colloquialism	diorama
Helscome	Hello and welcome	Homestar Runner's Website, Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True (Commentary), Flash is Dead!
Highscraper	Highrise and skyscraper	dangeresque 3
Homestarmecium	Homestar and paramecium	high school
Homestarloween	Homestar and Halloween	Homestarloween Party
Homestarmy	Homestar and army	army
Homezipan	Homestar and Marzipan	Strong Badia the Free
Homsartifact	Homsar and artifact	Strong Badia the Free
Homsolo	Homsar and solo	MixMastah 800
Hot-free	Hotline and toll free	unnatural
I
Identificaption	Identification and caption	rated
Inbredtational	Inbred and invitational	pet show
Infotainment	Information and entertainment	Date Nite
Intregway	Intrigued and Segway (PT)	concert
Intromercial	Intro(duction) and infomercial	technology
Investiga-awesome	Investigate and awesome	local news
Irridisregardless	Irrespective, disregard and regardless	Peasant's Quest
Issue-versary	Issue and anniversary	Teen Girl Squad Issue 10
J
Janitator	Janitor and terminator	DNA Evidence
Jengaship	Jenga and Battleship	Where's the Cheat?
Jerktionary	Jerk and dictionary	dictionary
K
Kansattica	Kansas and Attica	theme song
Keyswordtar	Keytar and sword	portrait
Kickcheater	Kickstarter and Cheat	sbemail 206
Kingio	King and Mario	Pumpkin Carve-nival
Kuwaiting	Kuwait and waiting	Later That Night...
L
Leomardbury Chauceinterviews	Leomard "Lem" Sportsinterviews, Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales	Strong Bad reads "The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden" (Teaser Trailer) - Worldbuilders 2014
Lieuteneral	Lieutenant and general	space program
Limozloshy	Limozeen and sloshy	Limozeen vs. Sloshy
Loadink	Loading and ink	Doomy Tales of the Macabre
Loadry	Loading and laundry	Rap Song
Loin-cheese cloth	Loincloth and cheesecloth	Thy Dungeonman II
Longipops	Long and lollipops	Homestar vs. Little Girl 2
Lyricbolical	Lyric and diabolical	Rap Song
M
Malloween	Marshmallow and Halloween	Malloween Commercial, Later That Night...
Mallvies	Mall and movies	Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
Mannonball	Man and cannonball	keep cool
Margaracheatas	Margaritas and Cheat	Fan Costumes '06
Marshalades	Marshmallows and melonade	Fluffy Puff Commercial
Marshiepan	Marshie and Marzipan	Fan Costumes 2019
Marzipants	Marzipan and pants	vacation
Marziperson	Marzipan and person	Weclome Back
Marzipole	Marzipan and pole	environment
Marzistar	Marzipan and Homestar	Strong Badia the Free
Masterdly	Masterful and dastardly	senior prom
Matt's Communications	Matt and Mass Communications	theme song
Maxymoron	Maximum and oxymoron	road trip
McArby	McDonald's and Arby's	Doomy Tales of the Macabre
McSwobert	McSwain and Robert	videography
Melonade	Melon and lemonade	A Jumping Jack Contest (first mention), see Melonade
Meltshake	Melt and milkshake	road trip
Millionzoic	Million and the general prehistoric suffix -zoic	Summer Short Shorts
Mikezipan	Mike and Marzipan	Halloween Safety
MimeogWrath	Mimeograph and wrath	Teen Girl Squad Issue 14
Mojipan	Squintmoji and Marzipan	Squintmojis (Easter egg)
Mollybdenum	Molly and molybdenum	diorama
Momzipan	Mom and Marzipan	Halloween Potion-ma-jig
Momkins	Mom and Tompkins	Teen Girl Squad Issue 13
Moneygician	Money and magician	magic trick
Montesodium	Montessori and monosodium	coloring
Morgue-tuary	Morgue and mortuary	The House That Gave Sucky Tricks
Mornideo	Morning and video	web comics
Mysfit-steries	Misfit and mysteries	high school
N
Nerdular Nerdence	Nerd and Popular Science	car
Newlydead	Newlywed and dead	your funeral
Nobot	No and robot	what i want
O
Okratinis	Okra and martinis	senior prom
Org-ethnic	Organic and ethnic	hremail 3184
P
Parchmentic	Parchment and photographic	Thy Dungeonman II
Peli-luncheon	Pelican and luncheon	Disk 4 of 12 - World Games
Petrifries	Petrified and fries	road trip
Philly Cheat-Steak	Philly Cheese Steak and Cheat	Halloween Fairstival
Piemonade	Pie and lemonade	other days
Plascardo	Plastic and card	Coach Z's 110%
Polyhairsprayteasealate	Poly-, hairspray, tease and -alate	4 branches (Easter egg)
Polymascotfoamalate	Poly-, mascot, foam and -alate	4 branches
Popstinkle Stand	popsicle stand and stink	Poker Night at the Inventory
Potion-ma-jig	potion and thingamajig	Halloween Potion-ma-jig
Prancibald	Prance and Archibald	flashback
Pretendix	Pretend and appendix	Strong Badia the Free
Pretendous	Pretend (or "pretentious") and tremendous	Fan Costume Commentary, extra plug
Pseudoname	Pseudonym and name	secret identity
Pukevalanche	Puke and avalanche	dictionary
Puttiature	Putt and miniature	mini-golf
Q
R
Radacious	Radical and bodacious	Teen Girl Squad Issue 10
Ramshankle	Ramshackle and shank	2 Part Episode: Part 2
Rapscalliwag	Rapscallion and scallywag	long pants
Reallysolved	Really and resolved	retirement
Realginary	Real and imaginary	imaginary
Restige	Rest and prestige	the chair
Revengeanceful	Revenge, vengeance, and vengeful	2 years (Easter egg)
Rhinociraptors	Rhinoceros and velociraptors	Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
Roadtripcionados	Road trip and aficionados	road trip
Rock-dezvous	Rock and rendezvous	Baddest of the Bands
Rockumentary	Rock and documentary	Baddest of the Bands
Roomisode	Room and episode	Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque
Roomy-VAC	Room and UNIVAC	Compy Catalog
S
Sad Sachary Taylor	"Sad Sack" and Zachary Taylor	Homestar Runner Goes For the Gold
Safariventure	Safari and adventure	theme park
Sawesome	Super and awesome	dictionary
Sbemailiarized	Sbemail and familiarized	Sbemailiarized!, April Fool 09
Scram-oose	Scram and vamoose	your edge
Senorial	Senor Cardgage and memorial	Senorial Day
Sesquicentenn-email	Sesquicentennial and email	Sbemail 150?!? and alternate universe
Shinoligans	Shinola and shenanigans	Quote of the Week
Shock-you-mentary	Shock you and documentary	bedtime story
Six-thrixty	Six, three, and sixty	Disk 4 of 12 - World Games
Skelebrates	Skeleton and vertebrate(s)	big white face (Easter egg)
Smunderling	Smelly and underling	underlings
Snowhere	Snow and nowhere	The Next Epi-Snowed
Snowldiers	Soldiers and snow	The Next Epi-Snowed
Someteenth	Something and sixteenth	Teen Girl Squad Issue 10
Spamvertisement	Spam and advertisement	unused emails
Sportscarster	Sports car and sportscaster	local news
Squeazeled	Squeeze and weaseled	email thunder
Squintmoji	Squint and emoji	Squintmojis
Standby-orama	Stand by and diorama	diorama
Stinkomanual	Stinkoman and manual	Stinkoman 20X6
Stragedy	Strategy and tragedy	FAQ
Stratergery	Strategy and surgery	Homestar Ruiner
Stratosfear	Stratosphere and fear	Stinkoman 20X6
Strong Badagement	Strong Bad and management	DNA Evidence
Strong Badathlon	Strong Bad and -athlon	strong badathlon
Strongbadiophage	Strong Bad and bacteriophage	high school
Stummy	Stomach and tummy	Stinkoman 20X6
Subtlefuge	Subtle and subterfuge	2 Part Episode Part 1
Suckcross	Suck and Seicross	army
Suckquake	Suck and earthquake	dictionary
Suppleties	Supple and subtleties	lady...ing
T
Tapesplay	Tape and cosplay	Fan Costumes 2019
Tapestume	Tape and costume	Fan Costumes 2019
Telegramophone	Telegram, telephone, and gramophone	50 emails (Easter egg) (first mention), see Old-Timey Strong Bad's Telegramophone
Temporarios	Temporary and Cheerios	strong badathlon
Tenerrow'd	Tenerence and Arrow'd	Teen Girl Squad Issue 15
Tenthennial	Tenth and -ennial	Teen Girl Squad Issue 10
Thiefnique	Thief and technique	bike thief
Thugchantment	Thug and enchantment	Teen Girl Squad Issue 15
Tophaticent	Top hat and magnificent	more armies
Topplegangers	Topple and doppelgangers	2 Part Episode: Part 1
Tour-Bus-mozeen	Tour bus and Limozeen	Baddest of the Bands
Trembalo	Tremble and tremolo	guitar
Trench-hoodie	Trenchcoat and hoodie	sbemail 206
Trogcar	Trogdor and car	Weekly Fanstuff 2006, Fan Costumes '09
Trogday	Trogdor and birthday	Happy Trogday
Trogfamily	Trogdor and family	Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer
Trogventure	Trogdor and adventure	Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer
Turbolence	Turbo and turbulence	Stinkoman 20X6
Twenty-seventeen	Twenty-seven and seventeen	Summer Short Shorts
Twii	Two, three, and Wii	Kid Speedy Version 1.TWII
U
Uglypan	Ugly and Marzipan	Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 3.0
Undisclothed	Undisclosed and unclothed	Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
V
Valentimes	Valentine's and times	Teen Girl Squad Issue 12
Vantastic	Van and fantastic	Strong Bad is a Bad Guy
Vornado	Vortex and tornado	trading cards
W
Wastenado	Waste and tornado	dictionary
Wheatgrasskini	Wheatgrass and bikini	Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2
Wheatgrasstini	Wheatgrass and martini	Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2
Why come?	Why and how come?	Yearbook Character Page (first mention), see Why Come
X
Y
Z

Portmanteaus in Sketchbook Captions

Portmanteau	Words Combined	Appears In
Basketbully	Basketball and bully	17 Nov 2006
Cheat-up	Cheat and stick-up	10 Feb 2005
Cowcopter	Cow and helicopter	05 Aug 2004
Exag-a-homestar	Exaggerate and Homestar	11 Aug 2005
Homestarms	Homestar and arms	30 Sep 2004
Homestarzigoats	Homestar, Marzipan and goats	07 Aug 2009
The Hotgly One	Hot and The Ugly One	20 Oct 2005
Limolosers	Limozeen and losers	23 Jun 2005
Pipestache	Pipe and mustache	04 Oct 2007
Stinkotetsuo	Stinkoman and Tetsuo	01 Sep 2005
Strong Sadstronaut	Strong Sad and astronaut	30 Mar 2006
Trogmopolitan	Trogdor and cosmopolitan	09 Aug 2007

Portmanteaus in Weekly Fanstuff Captions

Portmanteau	Words Combined	Appears In
Cheatpod	Cheat and iPod	06 Oct 2005
Cheatz-it	Cheat and Cheez-It	21 Jun 2007
Fanimation	Fan and animation	29 Nov 2007
Homespore Runner	Homestar Runner and Spore	19 Jun 2008
Homsunami	Homsar and tsunami	12 Oct 2007
Knitdor	Knit and Trogdor	12 Jan 2006
Legogdor	Lego and Trogdor	22 Nov 2004
Legomestar	Lego and Homestar	07 Oct 2004
Limojean jacket	Limozeen and jean jacket	01 Nov 2007
Monstrositea	Monstrosity and tea	29 Jun 2006
Stinkomural	Stinkoman and mural	22 Mar 2007
Trogapult	Trogdor and catapult	06 Jul 2006
Trogbloons	Trogdor and balloons	05 Jun 2008
Trogcake	Trogdor and cake	07 Aug 2008
Trogstorm	Trogdor and storm	22 May 2008

Portmanteaus in SBCG4AP Dev Blog

Portmanteau	Words Combined	Appears In
Endinning	End and beginning	The Endinning of the End (14 May 2008)
Phensics	Fence and physics	Payable Demo! (10 Jun 2008)

Portmanteaus in @StrongBadActual

Portmanteau	Words Combined
Bandgeresque	Band and Dangeresque
Bornulon	Borne and Nebulon
Brudyear	Brudder and year
Burner-nator	Burner and burninator
Cardbiordoscuro	Cardboard and chiaroscuro
Chubcus	Draccus and chubby
Classio	Classy and Casio
Conclutes	Concludes and continute
Cross-stitchummate V's	Cross-stitch and consummate V's
Embroidulate V's	Embroider and consummate V's
Flask-sim	Flask and sim (short for simulator)
Grumblintake	Grumblecake and intake
Hallowrath	Halloween and wrath
Homestarchives	Homestar and archives
Ibu-pro-pro	Ibuprofen and Ina-pro-pro
Mojiween Squint-ouette	Squintmoji and Halloween silhouette
Nintentelldotales	Nintendo and Telltales
Roguelywhatev	Roguelike and whatev
Squintmageddon	Squint and armageddon
Squintoman/Stinkomoji	Squintmoji and Stinkoman
Textroidvania	Text and Metroidvania (which itself is a portmanteau)
Thy Dungeresqueman	Thy Dungeonman and Dangeresque

See Also

• Onomatopoeia
• Spoonerisms